diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5452261f43..00c82e04d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     
     <hadoop.deps.scope>provided</hadoop.deps.scope>
     <quartz.scheduler.version>2.3.2</quartz.scheduler.version>
-    <jettison.version>1.4.0</jettison.version>
+    <jettison.version>1.5.2</jettison.version>
     <jsoup.version>1.13.1</jsoup.version>
 
     <!-- test library versions -->